Oyster mushroom
Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P.Kumm.
Description
Shelf-like, bluish-grey caps growing in clusters on broadleaf trunks. Its stem is very short and off-centre.
Curiosity
It paralyses and digests tiny nematodes to obtain nitrogen.
Mistaken for
- Omphalotus olearius — Poisonous